HEINRICH VON KLEIST

Heinrich von Kleist

Gender: Male

Known for: Writing

Birthday: October 18, 1777

Deathday: November 21, 1811

Place of Birth: Franfurt an der Oder, Germany

Biography

Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (18 October 1777 – 21 November 1811) was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, short story writer and journalist, considered among the greatest of the 19th century. Poets of the Realist, Expressionist, Nationalist, and Existentialist movements in France and Germany saw their prototype in Kleist.